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Who Has Better Skill Players - JustInTime - 07-05-2025
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - purplefaithful - 07-05-2025
Detroit > RB
MN > WR
DET > TE
Until TJH shows he can come back to pre-injury form, he's a question mark for me. Could have a bigger year if he's healthy and with essentially a rook QB.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - JustInTime - 07-05-2025
(07-05-2025, 10:57 AM)purplefaithful Wrote: Detroit > RB
MN > WR
DET > TE
Until TJH shows he can come back to pre-injury form, he's a question mark for me. Could have a bigger year if he's healthy and with essentially a rook QB.
Gibbs is such a weapon. The best thing that happened to Detroit was when Montgomery went out for a bit and Gibbs got the majority of snaps. He’d easily put up 1800 rushing yards as a sole back.
TJ a full year+ removed from the cheap shot is going to feast with JJ.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - TheWinterSKOLdier - 07-05-2025
I'll take our skill guys over theirs any day of the week, save for Gibbs. He's a bad man on the football field.
As for TE, I think TJ & LaPorta are a wash. Oliver gives us an edge there.
WR? Next question.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - StickierBuns - 07-06-2025
I think both of these teams are close in talent....QBs not listed here but Goff is a machine in this offense. Knows it like Brady knew his offense. Very effective and efficient passer for the Lions. Please baby jesus, let us hit on McCarthy.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - Mattyman - 07-06-2025
Jamir Gibbs torched the Vikings in both games last year.
160 yards/ 2tds in game 1, 170 yards 4 tds in game 2.
Vikings defense only gave up 9 rushing tds in 2024, Gibbs had 5 of them.
The lions had the better personnel in 2024.
2025 the Vikings players will be the better of the two..
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - MaroonBells - 07-06-2025
I think it's pretty close between the two. Lions have better RBs, we have better WRs and TE is a tie. Weird that the graphic matches RB2 Montgomery with RB1 Jones and RB1 Gibbs with RB2 Mason.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - purplefaithful - 07-06-2025
(07-06-2025, 07:51 AM)MaroonBells Wrote: I think it's pretty close between the two. Lions have better RBs, we have better WRs and TE is a tie. Weird that the graphic matches RB2 Montgomery with RB1 Jones and RB1 Gibbs with RB2 Mason.
They also have the lead at QB....
It's why I can't bet against them to 3peat in a tough division.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - MaroonBells - 07-07-2025
(07-06-2025, 09:02 AM)purplefaithful Wrote: They also have the lead at QB....
It's why I can't bet against them to 3peat in a tough division.
No, I agree, the key difference is at QB, so they have to be the favorites to win the division. Especially when you consider all their injuries last season.
But they did also lose some key players, not to mention both coordinators. It was tighter than a gnat's ass last year. A good year from JJM and I think the Vikings can overtake them. Injuries will likely be the deciding factor.
RE: Who Has Better Skill Players - medaille - 07-07-2025
I think the Lions group is clearly better than the Vikings group. It’s not a huge gap, but the only spot we’re better is at WR1. WR2 and TE are a wash to me. Their RB1 and RB2 are both tier levels better than our RB1 and RB2. That said, I think the biggest differential between our offenses is OLine and Coaching, which they were better at then us. With Johnson gone, and Ragnow retiring, maybe we can be better than them in those areas. Until I see us able to field a functional running game, I don’t think we’ll be in that upper echelon of offenses.